Agriculture News Archive
FAO Summit Boosts Agriculture to End Hunger
Step forward to Hunger-free World The three-day World Summit on Food Security ended here today after committing the international community to investing more in agriculture and to eradicating hunger at the earliest date. (More)
FAO, IFAD and WFP Launch Food Security Strategy
Leveraging the combined expertise and comparative advantages of the three Rome based food agencies.
On the eve of the World Summit on Food Security, the governing bodies of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have all approved a strategy for collaboration between the three agencies. (More)
Global Platform for Food Security Revitalized
Member countries agree to reform Committee on World Food Security.
Faced with rising world hunger and unacceptable poverty and in response to calls for greater coherence and coordination, members of the FAO Committee on World Food Security (CFS) have agreed on a wide-ranging reform, FAO announced today. (More)
World Food Day Celebrations in New York
Keynote speech by Dr. Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the Food Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (More)
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